rising gas prices and the topic of war get president barack obama talking tough. >> iran's leaders should understand i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> and your personal finances, if you write off business dinners on your taxes, might it increase your chance of an audit? eight audit tips to avoid here in the cnn newsroom. a busy painful day of cleanup as survivors of a deadly storm system battle grief and immense piles of rubble. some are seeing their devastated towns for the first time. others are still being kept away. the number of people killed in this storm now stands at 38. the national guard is helping with the cleanup and providing security patrols in at least four of the hardest hit states. we'll have live coverage in just a moment. another community reeling, still, from loss right now, one of three students killed during that ohio high school shooting was laid to rest yesterday. more than a thousand people gathered to say good-bye to 16-year-old daniel parmertor. the families of parmertor and another shooting victim donated the boy's organs. their decision helped 16 sick people. president obama reiterates diplomacy is the way to go in trying to resolve the deepening nuclear standoff with iran. but in his remarks before the largest american jewish lobbying group today, he said, quote, all elements of american power including military action are on the table. in selma, alabama, now, a huge crowd is re-creating the 1965 civil rights protest that you see right here. they are walking across edmund pettis bridge to commemorate the day known as bloody sunday. that was when alabama state troopers and local deputies attacked civil rights marchers. vladimir putin declares victory today, telling his supporters, quote, we have won. unofficial exit polls show putin with more than 64% of the vote. his closest competitor received less than 20%. stay right here, we're live from moscow in just a few minutes. let's get back now to our coverage of community struggling after being hit last week by a deadly storm system. ♪ ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> prayer in henriville, indiana, as survivors head to church amid the devastation. parishioners are giving thanks. >> thank you for our community. thank you for our loved ones. thank you for these hands that we hold every week as we seek your direction and will. god, thank you that you supply not only our physical needs, but emotional and spiritual needs. >> let's head now to west liberty, kentucky, a town so devastated, the town center is still closed to all but rescue crews. jim spelman was able to get a brief tour of the destruction jim described for us what recovery teams were able to do. >> reporter: we're here right in the heart of west liberty, kentucky, right now you. these crews are still hard at work trying to clear debris, get some semblance of order back. take a look at this. this is a stained glass window. this stained glass window came out of this now pile of rubble one time church. this is the scene all throughout this town. this is what some people on the outskirts of town are able to come back and this is what they're finding in their own homes. i was able to catch up earlier today with a woman named doris scheck who survived the tornado in her own basement. take a look. >> i was standing in my basement and i looked through the back window and i saw a tree just lift up and go up in the sky and that's when i realized it is really going to hit here. and i just got down on my knees and took shelter and just -- the noise was loud. you could hear the cracking of the wood and the glass breaking and just was -- just very horrific, i guess, would be the word. >> how does it feel to come back now and see your house not only your house gone, but to see the area that you managed to survive in, so many cinder blocks, dangerous objects around, how does that feel? >> well, i feel blessed. >> so with destruction like this throughout this community, fredricka, will be weeks if not months before people are getting back into town, longer before they can really rebuild this community. fred? >> thanks so much, jim spelman there from kentucky. so one of the big concerns for survivors right now there was this clashing of hot and cold air, then a tornado, and now it looks like yet another cold snap is on the way. jacqui jeras with us now. this typically is the way it goes oftentimes, right? >> yeah, a lot of times we'll have a lot of cold air come in after a system like that because that is that clash that you were talking about. and this is the aftermath. this is a weak clipper system and this is not a major storm. it is not going to bring severe thunderstorms, but unfortunately, it is bringing in a little bit of light snow and that kind of complicates things, even with some of this rain, because anything that is unprotected at this point is going to get wet and could sustain some further damage. a lot of what you're seeing here on the radar picture, across the great lakes and ohio valley, that's just very, very light spotty, light rain and showers. it is the clipper system you see toward st. louis that is moving in and that will be bringing in a little bit more significant rain and snow. accumulations should stay relatively light. we could see a couple of inches say in eastern parts of kentucky. west liberty, where jim was, could get as much as 1 to 3 inches. that's something we'll be watching very closely. and temperatures tonight dropping down below freezing, so even though some people are in their homes, there are people that can live in their homes that don't have power, fredricka. that's the concern that folks are going to be real cold tonight in dealing with this wet weather. >> pretty miserable stuff. thanks so much. appreciate that. michele bachmann may no longer be in the thick of the presidential race, but she isn't out, completely. she does have some strong opinions still. coming up, what she says her role is now, her thoughts on rush limbaugh's controversial comments to a coed and what about an endorsement? 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remind us where that country is as it relates to nuclear advancements. >> sure. and i think there is often a lot of excited talk about iran, but this is a program that is now more than 25 years old, and it has been a slow progress, sort of two steps forward, one step back, and it made progress and it is now building -- built thousands of centrifuges, but we get quarterly reports from the iaea, the international atomic energy agency, every three months. and they aren't living up to their own boasts, their own announcements about how great the program is, but it is making progress. i think the concern for israeli leaders and american policymakers is the ford facility, an underground facility, and if they -- they have centrifuges there, that would be hard to get at with a military attack. and that makes some people nervous. and the fact they have 20% enrichment. can't make a bomb really functionally with 20% enriched uranium but it is getting you closer down that path. there is still some distance here. north korea has nuclear weapons or had a nuclear test. iran is not there yet but people don't want them to get any closer than they already are. >> so when israel's shim on pers says they must be stopped, but president obama also underscores that sanctions helped isolate iran, is shimon peres setting the stage for some preemptive action? >> yeah, i think -- well, he said several things in that speech including the fact that he believes that the u.s. and israel have the same goal here, which is to make sure this iran does not get nuclear weapons. the real decisionmakers here are not going to be peres, it is going to be netanyahu, the prime minister, and his defense minister, and ehud barak, they're the ones who are rumored to be considering a military strike. but the u.s. has made it clear that a military strike is not welcome. that was actually a centerpiece of what president obama said today and the clip that you played i think was really the key clip. he said we have to work primarily, firstly, through diplomacy, and then leave military action as a last resort, because history shows that the best way to stop countries from obtaining nuclear weapons is for themselves to conto the cco come to the conclusion this is a bad idea. that's the best guarantee we have to prevent iran from going down the path toward nuclear weapons. if we strike them and israel also suggests this, if we strike them, that may be the thing that leads to them becoming a nuclear weapon state, for them deciding to become a nuclear weapon state, something that our intelligence community says has not yet been decided. >> i wonder do we hear both messages coming from today's apec meeting or opening in that conference that while the president says diplomacy is the first thing to push and that there is still room for diplomacy, at the same time, that he said the u.s. would not hesitate to defend itself, is that any kind of inference that, you know, iran is in a position to strike israel or perhaps even strike the u.s.? >> yeah, i don't think yet. not yet, fredricka. and that's not going to be true for some time. remember, israel has the biggest military in the region, qualitatively and quantitatively the biggest military. as president obama pointed out in his speech, they have engaged in joint exercises, we have made military transfers there. this is more a message to iran, it is part good cop/bad cop, bad cop putting pressure on them, sanctions, threat -- letting them know that no options are off the table, but trying to focus on diplomacy, because as the president said, in the end, historically, case after case, libya, south africa, all the other kun there's a started down that path, the way you get countries to stay away from nuclear weapons is you decide this is not in their interests, that they have more to use than to gain by that. that is going to continue to be the focus, i think. >> jim walsh, thanks so much, from watertown, massachusetts, a chance to visit your beautiful campus of mit recently, sorry i didn't get a chance to see you while i was there. next time i'll have to stay there longer. jim walsh, thanks so much. much more after this. drink? 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[ gasps ] ♪ [ tires screeching ] ♪ [ backfires ] [ female announcer ] girl power to go. new citrus crystal light energy. just 5 calories. because you never know. it is day three of prince harry's overseas trip, celebrating his grandmother's diamond jubilee. first stop was belize. now he arrived in the bahamas. we have been following his goodwill trip to countries once ruled by great britain. anyone who gets to cover this one, quite the boondoggle because all the cool, beautiful, tropical places that harry gets to see and they're really rolling out the welcome mat for him, aren't they? >> the excitement is palpable. and he's trying to shed his image of the playboy prince he is a serious person also. he's seen action in afghanistan. he is an apache pilot who just got his certification. but he has this image that has been following him from his youth, you know, these london nightclubs, partying with celebrities that he's the playboy prince. this is the first time the queen is trust him to go and represent her solo, by himself, in those caribbean nations. so far he's done very well, even though in belize they tried to have him drink a lot of rum in the street. >> they were trying to -- >> he did very well. he danced. he drank, but -- >> the party image. >> but today, in the bahamas, he went to church, he gave a speech, but he also has a lot of fans, ladies really like him. for example, miss bahama went there, she's smitten with him, said she wants to marry him. no response so far. >> he doesn't want to make any commitments? >> not yet. >> not on grandmama's diamond jubilee. how long does this go on? >> it is months. it is a whole year of diamond jubilee celebrations. the royals will be fanning out across 12 nations, representing the queen. the queen stays within great britain -- >> not big on traveling long distances right now. >> well, she's 85. some say this is part of a strategy for -- >> what do you mean? >> celebrating the past, but also introducing her successors. this is a huge thing. she's only the second monarch that britain has had that has reached this milestone, 60 years in power. but last one to reach that milestone was her great, great grandmother, queen victoria, another woman. >> she probably wants to maintain some stamina because she will be the grand dam during the london games, right around the corner. >> right. she's 85 years old, yeah, yeah. >> everyone looking forward to that too. well, it has been fun traveling with prince harry vicariously this way, seeing the beautiful places and seeing how they love him. >> stunning. if you saw him climb up that mayan temple when he was in belize, so beautiful, i wanted to be there. >> maybe next time. >> maybe next time. >> other nations to tour. >> absolutely. >> put your dibs in now for those credentials. thanks so much. good to see you. >> pleasure. now it a big political event right here in the u.s., super tuesday, just 48 hours away. and find out which republican candidate has the most to lose and which one is gaining ground next. the biggest voting contest of the primary season is just two days away. super tuesday, a battle in ten states with hundreds of rendell ga republican delegates at stake. this is an incredible day. there is a lot at stake. we're talking about 416 delegates, ten states, each candidate working very hard for the most pivotal state such as ohio and georgia which has the most delegates to a state up for grabs, right? >> up for grabs. they all have a different strategy about what they will determine what is success on super tuesday. in fact, let's look at three polls for three states we're looking at very quickly. let's look at ohio. extremely important state. rust belt state, very important in the general election. seen as a state that mitt romney needs to do well in. let's go down south and look at tennessee right now. we heard a lot from newt gingrich saying he would do well in tennessee. he's ceded that a little bit. look at the numbers right there. rick santorum and mitt romney fighting for tennessee. where we sit here in georgia, which is really the make or break state for newt gingrich, newt gingrich now is doing very well in that latest poll. >> does this mean newt gingrich has the most to lose if he doesn't do well, particularly in the southern states? because while he's banking on georgia, he's also kind of banking on the other southern neighbors too. >> he is. he's talked about tennessee, he's talked about oklahoma. he's playing a southern strategy. the fact of the matter is newt gingrich said he has to win georgia in order for his campaign to show viability. he's also kind of downgraded the fact that rick santorum has done well in states like michigan as we saw last week and is polling well now. >> why is that? >> he's not doing well up there and rick santorum does very well in these rust belt states. and that's where newt gingrich and rick santorum are fighting for the conservative vote, but what it comes down to is we'll be looking to see what mitt romney does up in ohio because if he's able to win ohio, he might be able to put the naysayers to sleep, so to speak, and say he's the inevitable nominee for the republican nomination. >> the argument has been about who is the most authentic, the most conservative. when you have virginia's eric cantor coming out today, and saying i'm throwing my support now behind mitt romney, that really would seem to kind of shake things up because the conservative movement, the party as a whole has been extremely reluctant to throw its support behind romney. is this an opening? why would cantor step out like that and might there be a domino effect to end up helping romney? >> potentially. it wasn't a big leap for eric cantor to come out for mitt romney for this reason and this reason alone. mitt romney and ron paul are the only two candidates that will appear on the ballot in virginia, which is -- which will have a lot of delegates at stake. >> registration problem there. >> rick santorum and newt gingrich weren't able to get on the ballot. eric cantor has a little cover. he did come out for mitt romney today. you hear this from the republican establishment, conservative republican establishment saying we need to get behind one candidate, we need to start preparing for november. >> incredible. it is going to be an exciting day on tuesday. mark preston, thanks so much. appreciate that. super tuesday, march 6th, 12:00 eastern time. if you're not in front of the television set, you do want to check out cnn.com. wolf blitzer will be there hoef hosting the cnn election round table on cnn.com. it is a live insider chat about the day's implications for the presidential race. go to cnn.com/roundtable for that. foreign policy was a big focus of the sunday morning talk shows. u.s., israel relations, president obama's apology over the koran burning in afghanistan, so here are some of the highlights. >> do you doubt the president or the united states' commitment to israel? >> of course. >> why? >> the president's new budget, which cuts aid to israel for its ballistic missile defense shield, you had no evidence that the president prepared to take steps to stop iran from getting nuclear weapons. they talk and the iranians build. they talk and the iranians build. we're being played for fools. >> i don't want to interfere with what they need to do for their defense and i don't w